Rory

Blackshaw

Senior Principal

Rory is an experienced management consultant and member of Korn Ferry’s EMEA Organizational Strategy practice based in London.

Rory works with leaders at his clients to re-imagine their businesses and unlock value. With a strong foundation in organizational design and analytics, he works directly with clients to shape and execute engagements, guiding his team and turning analytics-driven insights into actionable business recommendations.

His professional expertise spans organizational strategy and design, activity-driven design, strategic workforce planning, and people analytics.

Throughout his career, Rory has worked across a range of industries, including Industrials, Financial Services, Consumer Goods, and Telecoms, in the UK, EMEA, and North America.

Most recently, Rory has worked on a carve-out for a global industrials firm, designing the divestment and retained organisations, as well as running the assessment and selection process for both.

Specific previous engagements that Rory has worked on include leading a cost-out restructuring for a global consumer goods company, an activity-driven enterprise org design for a US bank, and designing a digital transition management and talent slating solution for a UK telco.

Before joining Korn Ferry, Rory was a Manager at an OD and workforce planning consultancy – where he led consulting projects and managed strategic partnerships.

Rory holds a Master’s degree in Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Manchester.